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<blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 2721421" data-attributes="member: 7883">I kind of agree with the article and kind of not.&nbsp; The problem is the definition of lost revenue.&nbsp; No matter what they believe, not every downloaded PDF of a book is a lost sale...in many cases, the company would have realized no revenue from that book, as the player never would have bought it anyways.That having been said, the player is still getting use of the book.However.......I know people that have switched exclusively to PDFs.&nbsp; I've reprimanded several friends about this...but there's a limit to how far I can go.&nbsp; They're friends, afterall.&nbsp; But it's frustrating to see them with CDs full of material, and to hear that they were never planning on buying the books anyways, because if they couldn't get them on PDF, they'd just borrow my copies of the books.&nbsp; If it was them borrowing a few PDFs, that's one thing, IMO.....but when it means someone's no longer supporting the industry at all, and have cut their purchases to $0.00?&nbsp; This is not a big industry with rich players in it.&nbsp; Many of the D20 companies are tiny, with small profit margins.&nbsp; I wonder sometimes how much (if any) of the &quot;D20 bubble&quot; is actually the &quot;stolen PDF effect&quot;I'm not sure what the answer is.&nbsp; I'm very hesitant to give anyone the right to load viruses or tracking software into anything they put in my machine......like what Sony-BMG did, that is causing such a commotion lately.Banshee</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Banshee16, post: 2721421, member: 7883"] I kind of agree with the article and kind of not. The problem is the definition of lost revenue. No matter what they believe, not every downloaded PDF of a book is a lost sale...in many cases, the company would have realized no revenue from that book, as the player never would have bought it anyways. That having been said, the player is still getting use of the book. However.......I know people that have switched exclusively to PDFs. I've reprimanded several friends about this...but there's a limit to how far I can go. They're friends, afterall. But it's frustrating to see them with CDs full of material, and to hear that they were never planning on buying the books anyways, because if they couldn't get them on PDF, they'd just borrow my copies of the books. If it was them borrowing a few PDFs, that's one thing, IMO.....but when it means someone's no longer supporting the industry at all, and have cut their purchases to $0.00? This is not a big industry with rich players in it. Many of the D20 companies are tiny, with small profit margins. I wonder sometimes how much (if any) of the "D20 bubble" is actually the "stolen PDF effect" I'm not sure what the answer is. I'm very hesitant to give anyone the right to load viruses or tracking software into anything they put in my machine......like what Sony-BMG did, that is causing such a commotion lately. Banshee [/QUOTE]

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